Small town takes on a taboo subject

Tracy Press ^ | 10 June 2005 | Bobby Wilson

[Lorianne]

Isn't a phobia a clinical diagnosis made by a phychiatrist? Why do the teachers have to take a course on a specific phobia? Why not aracnaphobia or claustrophobia (which probably affects more of their students in class).

[beltfed308]

Sounds like a classic case of hetrophobia to me.

[Servant of the 9]

The president of West High School’s Gay-Straight Alliance is threatening to sue Tracy Unified School District if teachers aren’t forced to take a training course on homophobia.

A course in how to be more homophobic?

That is the usual result of forced 'sensitivity' training.

SO9

[Semper Paratus]

from the rabidly anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church

That's as far as I got with this article.

[Buffalo Bob]

Before all the posts about "pull your kids out of public schools" start appearing, the solution is not to run and hide. The solution is to get involved in the school and stop the formation of these GSA's. Make noise, fight the good fight, and stop the New Butt Order (NBO).

Remember, homosexuals increase their numbers (and power) through recruitment.

[Betaille]

"They want to challenge the established norms of society. Personally, I think that is quite healthy"

Only if the change is positive.

[Betaille]

"The solution is to get involved in the school and stop the formation of these GSA's."

Sure. But if that fails... PULL YOUR KIDS OUT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

[hosepipe]

Normalphobia is a dread disease.. that threatens logical discourse..
i,.e. when queer is normal and normal is queer you have a abnormal situation..

[beltfed308]

You hit the nail on the head. Doing nothing just enpowers creeps like this.

[mlc9852]

Just sickening.

[manic4organic]

Attention homosexuals. I'm not afraid of you, I just don't want you mainstreaming your lifestyle to my kids and others'.

[johnb838]

I feel SOORRY for yoU! Your so IGNORANT! You have nio idea what it means to be gay! You have no PROOF gays recruit, that's been disproven, children are BORN GAY, they need your SUPPORT AND LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT, not your BIGOTRY and HATRED. I feel SORRY for you. You and your kind should be locked up. You are so full of HATE I feel SORRY for YOU!!!!!

[Leatherneck_MT]

"Woe unto those who call evil good and good evil" (Isa.5:20)

[Lorianne]

More thoughts:

Phobia refers to a mental illness related to irrational fear. Therefore, so-called homophobia should refer to a mental illness related to the irrational fear of homosexuals or homosexuality.

If that is true, then while homosexuals reject being considered mentally ill, they have no problems labeling others as mentally ill.

How prevalent is this mental illness, homophobia?

[Betaille]

"Attention homosexuals. I'm not afraid of you, I just don't want you mainstreaming your lifestyle to my kids and others'."

Well put. It is not a "phobia" of homosexuals that makes me oppose gay student groups. I simply don't want them pushing their lifestyle on confused, impressionable, not yet sexually mature kids.

[tx_eggman]

Campus clubs pushing for gay rights encourage high-school students to think critically, said Matt Netto, Tracy’s GSA faculty adviser and choir director, last week.

Choir director ... perfect.

[Iron Matron]

children are BORN GAY...

This statement is true. Man is born into sin, sin is in the flesh. God prefers we overcome the sins of the flesh. Get some help. Please.

[Betaille]

"You have no PROOF gays recruit"

It is not "sign up here" recruiting. The reason we call it recruiting is that encouraging a certain behavior or lifestyle on kids that young and impressionable is bound to have an influence. Hence a gay group for students far too young to know whether or not they're really homosexual or just "late bloomers", is bound to create more homosexuals.

[NRA1995]

I agree......all of the "phobia" seems to be among the homosexual community, not the heterosexual community